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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CH. 412-SEPT. 21, 1944 of the examination services rendered during the fiscal year to each said bank, corporation, or other organization; and (2) the amount which fairly and equitably should be allocated to each bank and cor- poration as the cost during the fiscal year of such administrative supervision, and if the sum of these two items in any case is greater than the total amount collected from the bank, corporation, or other organization, the difference shall be collected from such bank, corpo- ration, or other organization, and, if less, shall be refunded from said special fund to the bank, corporation, or other organization entitled thereto. (d) The eighth paragraph of section 3 of the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended (12 U. S. C . 657), and the Act of June 26, 1930 (ch. 613, 46 Stat. 815), are hereby repealed, effective July 1, 1944. SEC. 602. The Farm Credit Administration is authorized to pur- chase manuscripts, data, and special reports by personal service with- out regard to the provisions of any other Act, and to employ persons, firms, and others for the performance of special services, including legal services: Provided.That expenditures under this authority shal not be made unless provision is made therefor in the applicable appro- priation and the cost thereof is not in excess of limitations prescribed therein. SEC. 603. All expenditures which under the accounting system prescribed for the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation by the Gen- eral Accounting Office are to be treated as capital investments, increasing the book value of acquired fixed property (real estate and chattel), shall be considered as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes of section 7 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (15 U. S. C. 712a). TITLE VII SEC. 701. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to expend funds, available for agricultural conservation, adjustment, and land use programs, for the share of the United States as a member of the International Wheat Advisory Committee, the International Sugar Council, or like events or bodies concerned with the objectives of said programs, together with traveling and other necessary expenses relating thereto: Provided, That expenditures under this authority shall not be made unless provision is made therefor in the applicable appropriation and the cost thereof is not in excess of limitations prescribed therein. (b) Section 415 of the Federal Seed Act (7 U. S. C . 1605) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "Appropriations made under this authorization, within the limit prescribed in such appropriations, may be expended for the share of the United States in the expense of the International Seed Testing Congress in carrying out plans for correlating the work of the various adhering governments on problems relating to seed analyses or other subjects which the Congress may determine to be necessary in the interest of international seed trade." SEC. 702. (a) The head of any department or independent estab- lishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and other products, within the scope of the functions of the Department of Agriculture and which that Department is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary, transfer to the Department for direct expenditure such sums as may be necessary for the performance of such work. (b) Not to exceed 7 per centum of the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the miscellaneous expenses of the work of any 741 Repeals. 39 Btat. 361. Purchase of manu- scripts, etc. Limitation. Nonadministrative expenses 49 Stat. 1647. Use of funds for international agricul- tural committees. Limitation. 3 8tat. 1290. International Seed Testing Congrs. Inspection of food, etc., for other agencies. Tramfr of funds

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